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A'N OpDI?,'A�'(1E rel^ti.n,- to traffic and re-ulating t'Ze use of ;)ubltc streets
and hi,-ht,ra.ys in the City of Richmnnd; rescribi.n> regulations relative, to
the na.ririnF of vehi cl !'s unon such r,ubllc streets and highways; rrovi din, -
for the instal.la.ti.on, operr^tion, maintenance, su'iervi sior_, reglla.tion and
control of the use of narkinp rneters; definir-7 and _ir.oviding for the, esta.blisi,-
.nent of ..)ar'-ing i7eter zones iron the nubli.o streets and hightrays; rroviding
fcr the nny,ae.nt thereof and for th- sunnly of narts therefor exclusively from
the recri nts obt,-ined from the o; P.ration of nail i n�. metnrs; .-,roviding for the
enforcernpr-t hereof and nrovi.dint- penalties for the violation hereof.
`r=' iEAS because of traffic conditions that have existed in certain
secti.on.s of the City of Richmond, indi.2.na,, the free tiiovP.ment of traffic in
t^.esa sectionsis, and has been i.mneded for a. longperiod of time; and
'.!IT—" RF, 5, t�tteiffi)tG t0 rr! "t1�8,tF the. tr?.ffi c and '�c11'�'_inr in the aforP-
Said Fr Fa ha?rr.. not btie.n ap, successf-11 as L s donl r?bie; and
r'Rr7rT,.+REAS b!'Ca,t18e Of Ills ')rbi t ..' numerous O',;eTc,tnrS of motor
veh; c1AG of -rtarkin.- .fr_,r long, �-rinds of time in close :,roxtyni.ty to other
motor vehicles ?s ')Prked- on th- most cor.pested ?lP-rts of the City's business
streets tends to further im-Pde traffic and in ad�?i.ti on thereto COnsti.ttltes
a dan-ler to the life, limb and )ror_,erty of. motorists, --,edestria.ns nd. others;
a nd
iLi�.Rr S, it is the o-oinion of the Commou Council of the City of
Richmond, that the beet motl:od by -vhicr the a.bcve mentioned conditions mey
be rec.edied. is by the desi7na.tion of individual larking sraces it the said
area., la}' Jr0`,ri die for the 11^P. of na.rkin,t-time indicators in con-
junction ther-pith, by restricting nat'king in said area to reasona.',le intervals
of time. anti by corn-eJ_lirp the or,erator. s of vehicles 1•hr, pn,;o;r tilt- use of
,art�inr sna.ce, so a.esipnated to -,ay a,-)orti.on of the cost of ectebl. cling and.
m.a,intairir_,^ the seine;
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NOW THEE 7F ORE :,3E IT ORD.97 ,:LD .13Y THE COIP,JC OF T_a 'CITY CF
Section _1. Fcr tl^e nur.•)ose of this Ordina.nce:
(A) Thn riorO. °vehicle° shall Tnean any device in, ur)on or by 1•rh:ch
`anzr r,orC(tn �7• _i r,r,Frty 10 i-)r n:-,y be tr�'nsl)orted u,)o.n a hic.h�•r,.y, F,Y_ce-it staclh
ae. are rrOlelled P.xn1nsively by human
(?3) The l.r,^rd "street" S_«.l! mPc.n a.f1J i.)ublic street, avenue, road,
boulev?.rd, highway or other rublic r,lace,loca.ted in 'the City of ri.ch.,u;nd,
and established for the use of vehicles.
(C) The i,turd °person° shall mean and include all individual, firm,
corrora.tion of co-�lartnr�rship.
(T,) The word 11crera.tor1° shall mean and include every i ndiv .dlipl
who sha.11 o:)erate a vehicle as the ow:aer thereof or as the ca. ent, employee
or I)er. mi tee of the owner.
Section 2. in order to effoct the nurnoses in this Ordinance ex-
pressed. there are hereby established and fixed. certain zones to be '-noun as
-, rking meter 7.ones in the followir_a streets =. _d. :.venues in the City of
11ichmond:
(!;) Main Street from the wept side of Fifth Street to the east side
of Tenth Street.
(i) F-i-fth Street, Sixth Street, c i , 71-ehth Street,
_ �even�n Street, .�_
T!!,r_th Street, and Tenth Stra®eat from the south side of forth ".11 Street to
the north side of South "A" Street.
(0) north and South "A" Streets from the west side of fifth Street
to thee^.st side of `Pe.;:ti: Street.
And from time to time: herF, ft�,r as traffic conditions rewairo, in
such other str^Pts and avenues as are designated by Ordinance of the Council
for the loca.ticri of suc'n Tones.
in any
of the said.
sari in^ meter
7.ones
or any marts
or. -nortIons of
sa.ir'. se_�a.ra.tel-y
doolgna.ted
,arki-n7 meter
zones,
tho Po:=.rd
of Public ',,oars
:,nd Sa.fet� ma.y meters to be i_.stall.e at each sra.ce in such
s:one, or ^ones, in its diGcretion, available for IDa.rl ink* of vehiclo or
v eh.1 clec - rnd sh,ni see that there she)l_l be, „i ainly ind c%a.ted on each of such
(A),and (B), Or_e.Horr Five (5) cent coin of the United States;
Twelve, rlinutes. — One (1), cent coin of, the United States.
(C) Two Hours, two five. (5) cent coins of 'the United States; or
One Hour, five (5) Cent -coin -of the, United States; Twelve Ilinutes, one (1)
cent coin of the Unite& States.
Section 4. The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby directed
to provide, for the anstal_a.tion, regulation,: control, ;opera.tion, and the use
of narking meters provided for in this Ordinance, and- to mg.inta_..in.said meters
in good, workable' condition, and the Board of Public 1-orks and Safety is
hereby vested with rower and authority to enter into a contract after approval
of the terms and conditions thereof.by the Mayor of the City of Richmond,
Tndiar_a,, for the purchase and%or. installation of i�srkir_g meters. The payment
for such meters.and/or insta,llation is to, be provided for .solely from the re—
ceipts, fune.s a,nd revenues obtained from the operation of said Narking meters
without in any manner obligating the City.to pay for the same from any source.
And the Board of Public Works and Safety -is further authorized and empowered
to enter into a contract or contracts after api-)roval of the terms and con—
ditions thereof by the r>:ayor of the City of Richmond., for such -protection
and m^i ntenance of s.s.7.d ,,irking. meters as may be necessary tc nairtain the
same in good operating condition a-nd to pay for such parts, protection and
maintenance, exclusively from the receipts, funds and revenues received from
the operation of said parking meters..
Section 5. Parking meters installed in the ,narking meter zones
est-blished, as provided in Section 2 hereof, shall be placed upon the curb
immediately adjacent to the individual parking places hereinafter described.
Each irking meter shall be.-olaced or set in such.manner as to show or display
by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is or is not legally
in use. Each Parking meter installed shall indicate by proper legend the legal
parking time. r,stablished by -the City, a.nd'when o'Uerated shall indicate by some
apnropri.te device the duration of.the period of legal parking, and on the ex—
riration of such period, shall indicate lllega,l, over —narking.
Section 6. , The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have lines
or markings.na.inted or placed unon the curb or' upon the street a.dja.cent to
Pa.ch narking miter for the purpose of designating the rarking space for which
said meter is to be used and each vehicle rarked adjacent or next to a.ny a.rkir_g
meter shall pmr1,: within the lines or markings so established, It shall be un—
lawful and a violation of this Ordinance to park any'vmhi'cle across any
such line or marking,.or to bark said vehicle, in such po,sitior. that the
same shall not be entirely within'. the area so desi�,nated by such -lines or
ma.rkirgs...
Section 7. I -Men a parking space in any parking meter zone is
parallel with the adjacent .curbor si.dei..ralk, any vehicle ;parked in such
par';ing, space shall be parked so that thA foremost mart of ' such vehicle'
shall be nearest to tho "oarkir_g meter.
Section 9 When a, vehicle shah, be parked in any sra.ce adjacent
to which P. ppr.kinto meter is located in .accorda.nce. !,Zth the -nrovisior_ of this
Ordinance, the.operator of said vehicle- shall, 'upon entering the same park-
ing. space, imimedia"teiy dPY�os.i.t or cause to be deposited a coin of the United
States in such-naxking meter, and, failure to de;nosi,t such coin shall con-
stitute a. breach of this Ordinance a.nd shall subject such person to the penalty
provided for.in Section 15 hereof. Upon the deposit of such coin, and placing
said meter. in operation, the. perking space may be lawfully occupied by. the
vehicle during the .period of parking time -.which has been prescribed for the
nOrt of the strer;t in which said berking�".space Is loca.ted.. If said vehicle
shall remain parked in any such parking ,space beyond the marking' time limit
for such narking space,' the parking .meter shall by its dial, and pointer indi-
cate such illegalyarking, and in the event, su' ch.vehicle shall.be-.considered
as rax'r•_ed overtime -and beyond the period of legal per.kin.- time, ''and the par',-
irg of such a. vehicle -overtime or beyond the period of 16gal, pnrkini, time in
any such -oast. of a, street where any such. meter is' -located shall, be a. violation
of this Or.din�nce 9nd'punished as hereinafter set out.
Section It Thal i. b,e unia:wful. * and a. violation of the -orovisions
of this Ordinance for. any person to cause, allot,,, ;permit or suffer any vehicle
ree'lstered in. the name of., or Operated by .such. -person, to be earl_{ed overtime,
or beyond the period of legal .narking time established for any =:sking meter
zone as r erei.n described, be,tu,een , tr e ho.uxs of 8: 00 o'clock A.M. and 6: 00
o Iclock P-M.. on Monday, Tuesday, tie dnesday, Thursday a.nd Friday, and betwren
the hours of"s:00'o'clock. A M. aiid.- 9:00_-o'clock P.14..of Saturday of the wee'-,,
except on legal holidays when it shall not be a. violation.
Section 10.- It shall be unlawful and a :violation of the -provisions
of this_ -Ordinance for any -oerson to--)ermit a. vehicle to remain in any p!nrking:
sp^ce a.d,iacPrA to any m-ter i,hil6� s^.i.rl met Pr is disnlayInc, P. si-na!
tnOicati.n�- that .the vehicle nccunyinp such space has al.rea. dy been
,arked beyonri the neriod. of time nrescribed for su^h pnxlrin: s7�-,ce.
Section 11. It shall be unl.aa•rful for any ;ierson to deposit or
C,-uSe t0 br deposited in, ' ' ,)r1r' ris? meter An ads i tiona.l five (5) Cent coin and/or
a one (1) cent coin for the. -ur~;nseof extending the ~earring time bezrnnd the-.
maximun time fixed by Section. ' of this nrdin grce..
Section-12. It shall. be urler,7ful and a viol.n.ticn of the nrovi-
sior_s of this Ordinance to deposit or cause to be deposited in anr nar'ri.TlE
meter any slug, de.vice or metallic substitute; or any other substitute-, for a
coin of the United. States.
Section 1';: it shall bP unl.a-ful sn_d violation of the 7-rovisi.ons
of this OrC nP.nce. fnr any rnerson to deface, injure, tn_m7 er with, cnen or wil-
fitl.ly break, d.estroy, or imn^ir the usefulness of a.ny par.kinr; meter installed
under the provisions of this O•rdina.nce.
Section l4, It sh21.1 b- the duty of the.nolce officers of the
City of Fi chmond acting in a,ccordan.ce with instructions issued by the Board.
of Public ',!orks and- Safety to r-nrrt:
(a.) The numbe_.r, of each -c rk_inp meter which inrlicc.ted. that the
ve'-_ic1P occupying the parkinD' Gn,ce a.d a.cent to such _:arkin,- meter i s or has
bAPn n?rked in violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(b) The State li_cer_se number ,^f such vehicle.
(c) The length of time dlri=1 which such vA',M_cle is parked in
v nla_tior. of zany, of the nrcvi.sions of .this Ordinance.
(d; I y other facts, a irnowledge of erlv.ch i. s necessary tr, 2,
thor.ourh under stand: n? of the circumstances attend.i.ng such violation.'
adh such -,lice �roffice
shall also a.ttac'_o to such vehicle a not icp�.
to the nt•r, er or nrera.tor thereof that such vehicle has been na.rlt ed_ in
violation of .a ;)rgvisi;nJa of this Ordinance and. instructing such ohmLer or
c-->er,^.tor to r.e.,or.t ^t tube officer of the City C?er',7 of the City of fic'rmond
in rernr�,. tc, Such viOl?.ti.On. J?^ch such r!•ner or o_erator mRy, within forty-
e,l ^ht (IL 5) hours of the timiP 1-rhPn such notice, was c.ttachmd to such vehicle,
n? v to the pity Clerk as a. era.lty for and. in fil.1_1 s?.tisfactinn of such
violation, the sum of 01.E. LOLLAR. T1� failure of such o:=rner or operator to
mate such r'ayment i-Tithin f!P d. forty-ei.,.-ht (45) h7ilrS' 8ha.11 render SUCK n,.rnar
nr onern-tor subject to the a,onniti.es 1,erpinafter nrcvid:'d for vielp.tion
of the -:)rovisions of this Orcli.nn,nce.
Section 15. Any person w'__o Sh^ll viol?te any of the p'"C')zi isi one of
t. Ordinance, and n rpi-c - o � ^-, � s � n, hr-11 ,
this -;r �•n;T _n �';'� id .bets or assists ther . s_ u;:or_
conviction thereof, be subject to f.i.ne of any amount, not Pxceed_i.ng :y' fty
1)nll rs ($50>00) for each offense, or viol:'tion, or be imvri.sori.ed for a term
not exceeding fi.fteen days in the County Jail, or in -..ny _ 1ace provided by the
mur_icirrality for the det=:ntion of )risoners, or both.
Section 16. The coins and/or licence fees required to be de-oosited
in na.rkin— meter's as-orovided herein, ',,hen collected from such -;,ar _ina deters,
sh^.1.1. be de)�nsited :i.th the. Cit�r Trea.--urer, to the cred.'.t of the Cit-%, i.n a.
SYE'.C7a1 fund.," Gi:^_1Ci ..S27.r c nriFiI fU d_ S-- be d7."bl7r.�'ie. i and _)?id cu' onl-r
una-er t'_-e ordorw a:nd directions of the Board. of. Public and Safety of tlha
("I t -',nd rcr thee =ollor i.np .1 1''?0� �s only.
(a) For the p^yment of the. Tjr.rcha.se Dric e,-^cnt?]. fees, anal cost of
inGta,1J..ti.on of such parking meters;
(1:)) ` or , the .? jMent of the cc Ft of Yri ntr.P�.�.CP., o-per^ticn, re -pair
and ...!l ot)i.er i.rci.C.ente.l C7$ts -nd eXl'enSP,c i? the Oyieratior of s&id
meters. Ir_clac ed in said --in-i.dpnt?.1 'costs and ex-penses shall be the cost
o' cicrk a.ncl bop'___.>r, i _T expense in the handling and keel.in` of reco-rds of. ail
fees so collected a.aid
(C) i_ - .r 1... st, T i ^r-r� S c a i �r s
For. the r..�:a �� e a t o a. t� c o w �� o_ �, r ! c i �? �o. d z- c• �.z:, d in
t.ne ✓ity' c rid also rc')cn?-'.' arvl n.,-1 i me"':?rice. of Pm'- of the _ubl i C streets- and h' ,'h—
?-s !:here acx "•(� n?-rj-1 T'�? :'lt:tnr5- axe In -,sp, an -I .11 St'_'_' is conlected there-,J.th
in t:lP (";tr.
SeC'•inn ? 7. yf a.ny section, -n?rt of section, sentence, clause or
hrpse of this Ordinance shr-11. be 'held to be. unconstitutional or i:iwilid, the
remaining; nrovisions thereof shall npvprtheless remain in full force, a.nd erect.
S Section 1, All. Ordi.nrnca, or 1)-)rts of Ordinances in conflict wit",
the provisions of this Ordinance be, algid the same a:re hereby rei-)e.!Ied. Th.is
Ordinance be in full force any- effect fro,:l and. after its and.
a•,Y;-,rova.l by the idayor end nubli.cation 's is by law i,rovi.ded.,
?'a.ssed anal. a.do-tpd. by tine Common Council. of the City of nich.monr?,
V7a'.ynP. County, Ind.i?li , on the Chic^-,T of /"IAL(
?'resi di.ng� Officer
FATTEST: � '�_�
7 City 01.e
Aresentpc 'by mQ to thw, . i','.agnr of the City of Richmond on the
day of _ �nLszat t:ie, hour of
Z ty Clerk
This Ord"-ance aT,7roved and si n"ed by m'e on the _� day o�
�949, t t the 'tour of 9-�,50 0' cloc A
Yayor
ATTEST: _
Clt�r Gl �r:,y